WEBVTT BUT HE DID KNOW IS HE WAS BEINGWATCHED VERY CLOSELY.>> WE KNOW WHO YOU ARE AND WEWILL BE THERE.WE HAVE BEEN CONDUCTINGSURVEILLANCE AND COVERTOPERATIONS AND WE WILL PROSECUTEYOU TO THE STRONGEST EXTENT OFTHE LAW.LOWELL: FROM THE CAPTAIN OF THESTRONG WORDS HARFORD COUNTYNARCOTICS TASK FORCE AFTER THEYANNOUNCE THE ARREST OF23-YEAR-OLD KORAN PEOPLES OFBALTIMORE WHO THEY SAY WASRESPONSIBLE SO FAR FOR 6 NONFATAL OVERDOSES THROUGHOUT THESTATE.>> WE TIED MR. PEOPLE TOSEVERAL OVERDOSES HERE AS WELLAS THE EASTERN SHORE AND OTHERLOCATIONS.LOWELL INVESTIGATORS SAY PEOPLES: OPERATED HIS HEROIN BUSINESSOUT OF TWO LOCATIONS A NICE HIGHRISE IN WEST BALTIMORE IN THEUNIT BLOCK OF WEST LEXINGTON ANDA TOWN HOME IN THE 6000 BLOCK OFFRANKFORD AVENUE RIGHT ACROSSTHE STREET FROM MORAVIA PARKPRIMARY SCHOOL.THANKS TO CONFIDENTIAL SOURCES,AND SURVEILLANCE OF PEOPLESINVESTIGATORS DEVELOPED PROBABLECAUSE TO OBTAIN A SEARCH WARRANTFOR PEOPLES' VEHICLE, ANDRESIDENCES.OFFICERS ARRESTED PEOPLESDECEMBER 7 DURING A TRAFFICSTOP.>> WE FOUND A SIGNIFICANTAMERICA -- AMOUNT OF HEROIN ONHIS PERSON, APPROXIMATELY 70GRAMS.HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO BALTIMORECITY BOOKING AT THE TIME.LOWELL BUT THAT WAS JUST THE TIP: OF THE ICEBERG.AFTER SEARCHING BOTH HOMESINVESTIGATORS FOUNDAPPROXIMATELY 900 GRAMS OFHEROIN WITH A STREET VALUE OF$110,000 ALONG WITH $405,000CASH THAT HAD BEEN STUFFED INTWO LOUIS VITTON BAGTHEY ALSO FOUND TWO WATCHESWORTH ALMOST $100,000 COMBINED.AND VARIOUS EVIDENCE PROVINGTRAFFICKING AND DEALING OFHEROIN.PEOPLES WAS ORIGINALLY PROCESSEDAT CENTRAL BOOKING IN THE CITYBUT SHORTLY AFTER PEOPLES WASFEDERALLY INDICTEDCURRENTLY, PEOPLES IS FEDERALLYCHARGED WITH POSSESSION WITHINTENT TO DISTRIBUTE.THE INVESTIGATION IS STILLONGOING.AND OR FEDERAL CHARGES AREPENDING.

Authorities in Harford County have arrested a Baltimore man suspected of drug trafficking, and they seized a significant amount of heroin and $405,000 in cash.

Authorities said they have linked Karon Peoples, 23, to several nonfatal overdoses in Harford and surrounding counties.

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"We know who you are and we will be there. We will be conducting surveillance and covert operations and we will find you. I want to find you. We will arrest you and we will prosecute you to the fullest extent of the law," said Captain Lee Dunbar, of the Harford County Narcotics Task Force.

Authorities said about 70 grams of suspected heroin was found in Peoples' car, and about 900 grams of heroin was seized along with $405,000 in cash that had been stuffed in two Louis Vuitton purses from his houses.

"We tied Mr. Peoples to several overdoses here in Harford County, Baltimore County, Carroll County, as well as the Eastern Shore," Dunbar said.

Investigators said Peoples operated his heroin business out of two locations -- a nice high-rise in west Baltimore in West Lexington and a townhome in the 6000 block of Frankford Avenue, across the street from Moravia Park Primary School.

Thanks to confidential sources and surveillance of Peoples, investigators developed probable cause to obtain a search warrant for Peoples' vehicle and residences.

"The seizure of almost a kilo of heroin with a street value of $110,000 and $405,000 in cash will definitely disrupt Peoples' operations, and hopefully save lives," Dunbar said in a statement.

Officers arrested Peoples on Dec. 7 during a traffic stop.

Investigators said they also found two watches worth almost $100,000 combined and various evidence that proves his trafficking and dealing of heroin.